[91216] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Sitefinder II, the sequel...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Wesson)
Mon Jul 10 12:06:56 2006
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:06:20 -0700
From: Rick Wesson <wessorh@ar.com>
To: Gerry Boudreaux <gerry@tape.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <60C0DBF5-918C-461F-AEE7-2AFF606CE7F5@tape.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Gerry,
I sat on the Security and Stability committee for ICANN and was part of
the folks that reviewed SiteFinder.
OpenDNS is not SiteFinder; Give them a try, the DNS resolution is
blazing fast and they do fix up the most common typos.
One thing massively different between openDNS and SiteFinder is that you
have choice -- the choice to use them. IMHO many will choose to use
OpenDNS because it is fast and can offer protections you just can't
get from running your own resolver.
best,
-rick
Gerry Boudreaux wrote:
>
> It is not VeriSign this time.
>
> For those who have not yet seen this:
>
> http://www.opendns.com/
>
> They will 'correct' your spelling mistakes for you.
>
> From their FAQ:
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> Why is OpenDNS smarter?
>
> We fix typos in the URLs you enter whenever we can. For example, if
> you're using OpenDNS craigslist.og will lead directly to
> craigslist.org.If we're not sure what to do with an error, we provide
> search results for you to choose from.
>
> How does OpenDNS make money?
>
> OpenDNS makes money by offering clearly labeled advertisements
> alongside search results on error pages. OpenDNS will provide
> additional services on top of its enhanced DNS service.
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